The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-03-09
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This Town and community are
mourning in poignant gr;ef, the death
ofDr. G. Allen Huggins, which occur-
red on the afternoon Of tie 3ra inst.
His death is sad loss, a loss that can
only be repaired by the mutations Of
time.
Dr.. Huggins was born in Darling
ton County on the 9th of August
1882. It was there he spent his boy
hood days and received his early ed,
ucasion- Before the age of p years
he graduated in medicine with credit,
from that eminent institution, the
jefferson Medical College, of Phila-
delphia. But the stern, hard duties,
often required OF a physician, nilitat-
ed against his kind, sympathetic ma
ture, and he soon abandoned the prac-
tice.
DR.. Huggins was among the abor-
iginal settlers of Manning, He was
elected its first intendant and several
times thereafter filed the position. il
this capacity and as private citizen
he labored assiduously for The welfare
of the town. The spacious avenues
and large spreading oaks, the admica-
ton of visitors, that add SO much to
the attraction of our village, are TIE
result of his individual labor aud gen
erosity. These oak trees, growing in
majesty year after year, will bud forth
every spring, beautiful monument,
to the many virtues OF the pliilanthro-
pic citizen just gone from among MS.
One of his characteristics was a re-
markable fondness for the beauties Of
nature. He loved flowers and found
rare pleasure in cultivating them.
The home of our dead, he made his
special care. He tended and watched
over this silent abode; improved it
with his own means, and was ever
urging our citizens to an Interest il
their cemetery. Tie custodian of &
plot Of ground there, he mace It q liv-
ing garden. There he now rests.
Who viii take his place i'll caring for
the Manning Cemetery?
As the beginning of the civil war
DR.. Higgins entered the Confederate
army as first lieutenant of the Man
ming Guard, and was afterwards pro-
moted to the rank of Captain. He re-
manned in active service till '63, when
a broken constitution, the result OF
exposure, forced him to resign. He
was then elected to the Legislature
and served the terms of '63 and "a.
For the Manning Guard he always
nourished a warm attachment, and
ever afterwards, once year, it has
been his custom to gather the surviv-
ors of this gallant command around
his hospitsble board. The Guards
loved him-lament his death and Will
revere his memory.
When peace was declared, after a
course OF study, Dr.. Higgins com
menced the practice oflaw. Els mer-
Its as counsellor soon commanded a
Barge practice, and at the time of his
death he was a leading, horored mem
Der of the Manning Bar.
DE-. Higgins was a good man, an
exemplary christian. He loved his
church, its worship and people. The
poor were his wards. They regarded
him their friend and shared his boun-
ty, limited only by his means. as a
citizen he was in the van in every
movement for the promotion OF tie
good of his fellow man and the ad-
wancement of his country's best inter
ests. He was just and ezactino in the
pursuit of the night, and in this res
pect was widely known, generally ap-I
preciated and universally respected.
He was in the full vigor of mature
manhood when attacked by the mala-
dy which ended his life. It was more
mental than physical attack and
is attributed to the exhaustion CT an
over-taxed mind. Amonths suffering
and quietly and peacefully lie passed.
on the other side Of the river. An
eventful life, replete with noble deeds
and nobler aspirations, squenched. On
the day following his death, the funer-
al services took place at the Method
ist church in the presence Of large
concourse of people. The remains
were then borne to the grave, where
General E. ". Noise, his partner OF
many years, in few chosen words,
spoke in feeling terms Of bis long and
pleasant association with him.
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